Harry Redknapp has mapped out the size of the task QPR face to avoid the drop - and it involves almost doubling their points tally.

Rangers head into the final 10 games of the season four points from safety and last in a Barclays Premier League table they have been looking up at for almost the entire campaign.

Victory at Southampton last weekend revived hopes of a great escape but it was just their third success in 28 league games.

Big ask: Harry Redknapp believes QPR need at least five more wins

Redknapp believes his side will have to win at least another five, and pick up a couple of draws along the way, if they are to have any chance of beating the drop.

That would appear a tall task for a side that have so far accumulated just 20 points and Redknapp admitted even his target of 37 points might not be enough.

'We need a run of wins. We need another five wins at least I think,' Redknapp said ahead of Sunderland’s visit to Loftus Road tomorrow.

'We need to win half our games and get a draw or two and get to 37 points.

'I would take 37 points now and walk away. I’d take my chances.

'Whether it is going to be enough I’m not sure but if someone said you can have 37 points I think you’d have to be a fool not to take it.

'That’s where we are at the moment. You just have to keep going and keep trying to pick up results.'

In a week QPR’s finances have revealed the club’s wages have ballooned in size since their return to the Premier League two years ago, Redknapp’s forecast has the potential to start alarm bells ringing at Loftus Road.

QPR released accounts this week that showed that their wage bill had doubled to £56million during their first season back in the Premier League last term.

Since then QPR twice broke their transfer record in January by bringing in Loic Remy and Christopher Samba in a bid to avoid the drop.

The Premier League’s newly-negotiated TV rights deal kicks in from next season - with West Ham revealing this week they expect the deal to be worth £15-£20million per season - to add to the importance of remaining in the top-flight

Big spenders: QPR broke their transfer record twice in January securing the signatures of Loic Remy (pictured) and Christopher Samba

QPR have been criticised for over-spending in their quest to ensure they remain, however, Redknapp is certain the club’s owners know what they are doing.

'It’s important obviously (to stay up),' he said.

'If the debts are high the chairman and the board must understand that. They’re not silly men they’re successful business men, they know what they’re doing so I’ll leave it to them. It’s their business.'

Redknapp only arrived at Loftus Road early on this season - meaning the newly-released figures to not reflect his time in charge - and he claimed players’ wages were not something he has dealt with in any case.